Monday, 5 February 2024

Hannah Baum (1878 - 1938)

Hannah Baum is my maternal great grandmother. Her name was given as Annie in the 1881 and 1891 census returns. Baum family tree Here. Rosenberg family Here

Parents: Asher Baum and Minnie Rosenberg

Born: 16 February 1878 in Manchester, England


Birth certificate for Hannah Baum. She was born on 16 February 1878 at 8 Faulkes Street, Cheetham, Manchester, England. Her parents were Asher, a macintosh maker, and Yetta, nee Rosenberg. The Baum surname is incorrectly recorded as Boum. Faulkes Street no longer exists

Hebrew name: Chana Beila daughter of Asher Zelig

School
Manchester Jews Junior school admission register dated 10 March 1884 showing Hannah Baum, born 16 February 1878, residing at 5 Fernie Street and her father was Asher Baum. Hannah was 6 at the time and had previously attended an infants school

Baum Family
Asher and Minnie Baum (Nee Rosenberg) in Manchester around 1893 with their children. Left to Right, Rachel Baum, Asher Baum (seated), Hannah Baum (standing), Fanny Baum, Minnie Baum (seated), Jeanne Baum (standing), Abraham Baum

Married: Jacob Levin on 23 February 1898 in Manchester, England. Hannah was  20 years old and Jacob was 24 years old

Marriage certificate for Jacob Levin and Hannah Baum. They were married in the Manchester Central Synagogue in Manchester, England on 23 February 1878, Jacob was living at 93 Richmond Row, Liverpool, England and Hannah was living at 46 Lord Street, Cheetham, Manchester, England

The Ketubah (Jewish marriage contract) for Jacob Levin and Hannah Baum 23 February 1898, Manchester, England

Jacob Levin and Hannah Baum, taken presumably around their engagement, so perhaps late 1897 when Hannah was 19 and Jacob 25

Children
Their first child was born in 1899 when Jacob was 26 and Hannah 21. Their last child was born in 1917 when Jacob was 44 and Hannah 39 
Census details
1881
The Baum family is at 5 Fernie St., Manchester, England. Hannah's father Asher is a grocer, age 28 and her mother Minnie is 23. The children, all born in England, are given as Annie (Hannah) age 3 and Jane age 1. The family shared the house with Minnie's father, Harris Rosenberg, age 51, from Poland, also a grocer, his wife Toby, age 50, born in Poland and their 2 younger Polish born children, Rose, age 15 and Rachael, age 9


1891
The Baum family is at 46 Lord Street, Cheetham Hill, Prestwich, Manchester. Hannah's parents are Asher, a provision dealer age 36 and Minnie age 32. The children are Annie (Hannah) who is 13, Jane (Jeanne) is 10, Fanny is 5 and both Abraham and Rachel are 1. They have two servants, Sarah Markus age 19 from Russia and Ellen Brown age 21 from Ireland


1901
Hannah and Jacob are now married and living at 50 Stafford Street, Liverpool. Jacob is age 28 and a dealer in drapery and clothing on his own account working from home. Hannah is age 23 and their son Marcus is age 2. Living with them is Jacob's sister, Sarah Levin, age 21 and a school teacher, also Mary Barry, age 23, born in Ireland and a domestic servant


1911
The family is at 142 Islington Street, Liverpool, England. Jacob is 38 and a dealer in drapery. He has a shop operating from the premises, which has eight rooms. Hannah is 33 and the children are Marcus age 12 and Simon Bernard age 5


1921
The family is still at 142 Islington Street, Liverpool, England. Jacob died in 1917 and Marcus has taken over the running of the drapery business operating from the premises. Hannah is 43 and the children are Marcus age 22, Simon Bernard age 15 and Gertrude Esther age 4



Travel Document
Passport for Hannah Levin issued by the British Consul General in Berlin, Germany on 13 June 1904. I can only assume that she had lost her original one and this was a reissue, otherwise she wouldn't have been able to travel to Germany in the first place. She must have been visiting Baum family relatives

Sugar ticket
Sugar ticket for Hannah and her son Marcus issued in late 1917 or early 1918 when sugar was rationed during the first World war

J.Levin, LTD.

Letterhead and card for the Levin family drapery business. Established 1893

London Gazette, 15 January 1929. A bankruptcy application undertaken by Hannah on behalf of her business. The Erskine Clothing Manufacturing Co was owned by her brother-in-law, Simon Glynn

Hannah Levin (at left) in the 1930s

Death
16 June 1938 in Liverpool, England at 60 years of age from cardiac failure following a gall bladder operation. Buried in the Rice lane Cemetery, Liverpool, England, plot no C33.19

Death certificate for Hannah Levin who died on 16 June 1938 at the Royal Infirmary in Liverpool. She was 60 years old and resident at 62 Hartington Road, Sefton Park, Liverpool, England, the widow of Jacob Levin, a wholesale clothier. She died of cardiac failure following a cholecystectomy for chronic cholecystitis (inflammation of the gallbladder). The death was reported on 17 October 1938 by her son S B Levin of 195 Woolton Road, Liverpool, England

Liverpool Jewish Burial Record for Hannah Levin

Tombstone inscription: In affectionate remembrance of Hannah, the beloved wife of Jacob Levin who passed away June 16th 1938 Sivan 17th 5698. Deeply mourned by her children, relatives and her friends. May her dear soul rest in peace

Hebrew translation: Here is buried the respected and beloved woman Ms. Chana Beila, daughter of Asher Zelig, died 17 Sivan 5698. May her soul be bound up in the bond of (eternal) life.

Probate
Hannah Levin Probate 10 October 1938. She lived at 62 Hartington Road, Liverpool, England and died at the Liverpool Royal Infirmary. The value of her estate was £767 0s. 9d. and the beneficiary was her son Marcus Levin, listed as a warehouseman

Residences
The building the Baum family occupied in 1881 at 5 Fernie Street, Cheetham, Manchester no longer exists

The building the Baum family occupied in the 1891 and 1901 census returns at 46 Lord Street, Cheetham, Manchester no longer exists



In 1901 Jacob and Hannah are living at 50 Stafford Street, Liverpool, England



In 1911 Jacob and Hannah are living at 142 Islington Street, Liverpool. Hannah and her family were also still living there and running the business in 1921



From 1933 till her death in 1938 Hannah was listed as living at 62 Hartington Road, Liverpool. England
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